Ch 4 - They're Coming

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"They're coming..." Izuku murmured as he stared down at the mark, seemingly frozen to his spot.

"Who's coming? The H.O.T.?" Denki asked, worry evident in his voice.

"This is bad, this is bad, this is bad! The hunters are gonna find all of us and kill us off! This is bad!" Izuku repeated as he started to hyperventilate.

"Izuku. Calm down. Now's not the time to panic," Shouto said, petting the neko in a soothing manner. "Just take deep breaths."

Izuku did as instructed, slowly calming down as he took in large breaths. His ears and tail lay flat as his eyes shrunk back to normal size. He tilted his head up, looking at Shouto before blacking out, falling into his arms.

"Izuku? Izuku!" Shouto called out, to no avail as Izuku was out.

He heaved out a sigh as he picked him up and placed him on the bed, letting him rest for the time being.

"We should keep an eye on him. He did say something about the H.O.T. coming to find all hybrids after all." Ejirou said, sitting on the bed beside Shouto.

"But, what exactly does the flower symbolise? And how many members of the H.O.T. will be after him and the other hybrids?" Denki asked.

"We'll just have to wait for him to wake up again." Shouto replied.

They all sat down, waiting for Izuku to wake up.
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Izuku shot up, panting. He startled the teens as he did, causing them all to turn to him. The neko quickly glanced down at his arm, examining the mark. A faint green glow surrounded it, slowly getting brighter by the minute.

"Izuk-"

"Oi Deku!" Katsuki cut Ejirou off, gaining the greenette's full attention. "What the hell's with that mark? And what the f*ck did you mean before?"

"Secrets that are hidden that break tribal law result in a permanent mark sending signals to all hunters once revealed. All those who knew of the broken law were killed, resulting in the mark being hidden from sight. Now's it's come back to light, showing the hunted where all hybrids are," Izuku replied, clutching his arms as he looked down. "Until either all hybrids or the ones who brought the broken law to light die, the mark won't go away. No hybrid is safe as long as I know about this."

"But. What exactly does the flower itself symbolise?" Ejirou asked, curiosity in his voice.

"Well, every hybrid has a different symbol that represents their family. Mine is a flower. An orchid, to be exact. It doesn't really mean much. It's just the symbol of my family." Izuku replied.

Multiple loud bangs sounded from the door, startling everyone. Izuku jerked up, eyes wide with fear as his ears and tail stood on end. He started the shake frantically, his grip on his arms tightening from the loud sound.

"Open up! We know there's a hybrid in there!!" A loud raspy voice sounded from downstairs as the banging got louder and louder with each hit.

"They're here!!" Izuku silently screeched, jumping up on all fours as he clawed the window open, starting to climb out.

"Hold it!" Katsuki yelled as he grabbed Izuku's tail, pulling him back.

Izuku let out a quiet yowl of pain as he landed on the wooden floorboards. He looked up at Katsuki with fear and angry written eyes.

"Why'd you stop me? They're right below us!" Izuku said through gritted teeth.

"Don't go out that window, idiot! They'll see you right away and shoot you down. Do you want that?!" Katsuki harshly whispered, earning a small shake from Izuku. "Then fol-"

"Follow me."

Everyone froze, their heads slowly turning to the open window. There stood a crouched down figure dressed in black with long, scruffy black hair draping down over a long bandage like scarf. Tired eyes gazed down at them as they pulled down yellow goggles.

"Aizawa-sensei?!" The teens exclaimed, leaving a confused and frightened neko to stare.

"What're you doing here?" Denki asked.

"Your not part of the H.O.T. are you?" Ejirou said.

"I'm not and I'm here to help that hybrid," Aizawa replied, jumping in and landing on the bed. "So come with me. Those guys down there are about to break in."

He outstretched his hand to Izuku who eyed him warily. Shouto crouched down beside Izuku, placing something in his hand as he whispered, "if anything happens, send me an SOS, alright?" Izuku nodded, taking Aizawa's hand and being pulled up. He changed into his cat form, landing in the palm of Aizawa's hand. A phone rested in his mouth, swaying slightly as he crawled up the arm. Aizawa wrapped his scarf around the small cat. He passed the group a note with a device in it before jumping back out the window and away from the house. Shouto opened the note and read it aloud.

"Once it's safe, I'll bring him back. Till then, you can monitor him through this tracker. Keep in mind that the mark on his wrist alerts all H.O.T. and shows where he is, so no matter where he is, they will know. Unless you can figure out a way to remove the mark or wipe his memory of his father, he won't be safe anywhere. I can't help you out much. All I can do is lead the H.O.T. away every now and again, but I won't be able to do it forever. Good luck."

Denki grabbed the tracker, seeing a beeping red dot in the centre swiftly moving through the city.

"Well. He's safe with Aizawa, for now." Ejirou murmured.

The banging stopped as soon as Aizawa left, leaving the boys in silence.

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